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“At night, that’s not a good idea,” he
said. “It’s getting to the point now where
you’re not even safe in the daytime.”
Hilton recalled a photo series, staged “the threat of cargo theft coNtiNues
for effect but with a clear message, that to grow iN the uNited states due to
an insurance carrier used to make a iNcreased orgaNizatioN aNd iNNovatioN
point. The photos showed a truck driver oN the part of cargo thieves.”
stopping to help an attractive woman
with a flat tire, only to be surprised by a
thief hiding in the trunk who promptly —freightwatch report
switched places with the driver, locked
him in the trunk and stole his rig while
the woman drove the car. goods are on the road, with thieves One of the biggest threats to life
Most of CalArk’s monetary cargo offsetting quantity of theft by targeting in combat situations, Hilton said, was
losses have come from damage, Hilton higher value merchandise. complacency, especially among the
said. The episodes of theft or attempted CargoNet was forecasting more short-timers who thought they were on
theft have been random and mostly than 200 cargo thefts in the first quar- their way home.
harmless — along the lines of the afore- ter of the year and, by early March, It only takes one theft attempt
mentioned pilfering — someone just more than 120 incidents had been gone bad for such a thing to happen to
trying locks and truck doors to see what recorded and 9.5 percent had been a complacent driver, Hilton said. So he
they could get. thefts exceeding $500,000 in value. stresses constant awareness and tries to
“The threat of cargo theft contin- remind drivers to look at theft as a per-
ThefT on The Rise ues to grow in the United States due sonal security matter.
Thefts are expected to rise this year to increased organization and innova- Not only can a driver lose his cargo,
and beyond as the economy continues tion on the part of cargo thieves,” the he can be harmed, perhaps fatally, in
to rebound after the recession and more FreightWatch report said. the process. ATR

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